Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Here is the free chapter of my upcoming
book tentatively titled, “Sharing Leadership Ideas and Insights: Moments and
Memories on Indian Educational Institutions through Storytelling.” Frank
Sonnenberg wrote foreword for this book. You may share your thoughts about this
book on social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+.

Dream to Build One Million
Students as Global Leaders by 2030

“What we have done for ourselves alone
dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is
immortal.” — Albert Pike

Welcome to Sharing Leadership Ideas and Insights: Moments and Memories on Indian
Educational Institutions through Storytelling. I am passionate about
students and sharing my knowledge with them. I served as a professor in various
Indian educational institutions with several memories and moments. In this
book, I share leadership ideas and insights and my sweet and bitter experiences
with various educational institutions. Currently there are innumerable
challenges for students, educators, parents, managements and regulating bodies
including AICTE. This book is an endeavor to highlight the challenges from all
stakeholders to address them earnestly to build a strong Indian education
system and a healthy society.

Vision
2030: One Million Global Leaders

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream,
so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be.
Your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.” — James Allen

I have a dream that I will build one
million students as global leaders by 2030. I am confident that I will make it
happen.

Globally there is a looming leadership
crisis due to the retirement of Baby boomers. Gen Y is not ready to undertake
leadership roles and responsibilities since they are not equipped with
leadership skills and abilities. Due to the sudden exit of Baby boomers,
organizations will suffer due to dearth of experienced leadership talent.
Therefore, I created a vision to build one million students as global leaders
by 2030. Since I belong to Gen X, I consider it an opportunity to bridge the
gap between the Baby boomers and Gen Y. I am passionate about leadership and
teaching profession. Additionally, I am passionate about students. I have
diversified areas of experience including defence, industry, teaching, training
and consultancy. Hence, I decided to blend my diversified experiences with my
passionate area of leadership to build global leaders. Some of my students
express their reservations about my vision. I inform that I am only 53 years
old with very high energy levels with a passion to make a difference to the
world. Additionally, I make use of
social media to reach out to students globally.

To achieve anything in life, dream is
imperative. I have a dream that I will
be able to build one million students as global leaders by 2030. It is possible
as age is my favor and I have already trained 35000 students so far, and I can
easily accomplish my dream to build the balance global leaders by 2030. I also started building team of students to
work with me through online to accomplish my vision. Leaders are dreamers; they
craft their vision and work hard relentlessly to accomplish their vision.
Remember, everything is possible if there is passion, vision, commitment, and
persistence.

“One person can make a difference. In
fact, it's not only possible for one person to make a difference, it's
essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that
person is you.” — Bob Riley

My
Personal Vision Statement

My vision is to build one million
students as global leaders.

My vision is to help students unleash
their hidden potential.

My vision is to help students succeed
in every area of their lives, and to accomplish their dreams.

My vision is to help unsuccessful
students become successful students.

My vision is to help successful
students become even more successful students.

My vision is to inspire students to
dream big and achieve big.

My vision is to pioneer for global
peace, prosperity, stability and security.

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Thursday, 9 June 2016

“Most people think that aging is
irreversible and we know that there are mechanisms even in the human machinery
that allow for the reversal of aging, through correction of diet, through
anti-oxidants, through removal of toxins from the body, through exercise,
through yoga and breathing techniques, and through meditation.”― Deepak Chopra

Success is the outcome of learnable
behaviors and habits. Successful people identify and adopt certain habits and
behaviors to achieve greatness in their life.

Successful people are not born with
unique habits. They are born like any other ordinary people but cultivated a few
habits during the course of life and practiced to achieve greatness. They
relentlessly followed those habits resulting in amazing success. They were
unmindful of temporary setbacks since they had a long-term vision to accomplish
their goals. Research shows that meditation alleviates anxiety, pain and
prevents depression.It eliminates
distractions and enhances your focus to accomplish your goals.

Merits
of Meditation

When you confront challenges daily,
your mind becomes a big mess. Hence, it is advisable to do meditation daily.
Meditation cleans the cobwebs in your mind. It connects your mind, body, and
soul. It connects your inner world with outside world easily. It eliminates
stress and anxiety to ensure inner peace. It helps you understand realities in
your life. It makes you realistic and humble. It helps you empathize with
others and eliminates conflicts.

Perform
Underwater Meditation

In the Mahabharat epic, Duryodhan
performed underwater meditation to keep his mind calm and composed. He had the
ability to stay for long time under the water without breathing. Some people
interpreted it as an act of cowardice to hide below the water when he almost
lost his Kurukshetra war against Pandavas. But the fact is that when you remain
underwater for some time, your mind becomes cool and composed. You get peace
and tranquility. You reflect a lot and get energized to encounter your
challenges with confidence and mettle. You also build inner power, and you are
in a position to unlock your hidden potential.

Conclusion

We have seen several leaders and CEOs
adopting this technique in this form or other form to remain cool, calm,
composed and charismatic. It helped them work under pressure without losing
their focus and delivering their best. Most leaders take break once in a week
to keep their minds free from organizational pulls and pressures. We have also
seen employees taking a sabbatical to follow their passionate areas or to work
for nonprofits. It provides them break from routine chores and gives them sense
of satisfaction that they made a difference to the society. It energizes them
and organizes their minds. Hence, adopt this unique technique of performing
underwater meditation to unleash the leader in you.

This is a nonprofit blog to share
Professor M.S.Rao’s passion and vision to build one million students as global
leaders by 2030. Please don't cut articles from my blog and redistribute by
email or post to the web. The use of this material is free provided copyright
is acknowledged and reference or link is made to the Blog http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in.This material may not be sold, or published
in any form, or used in the provision of business services to a third party
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Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Here is the free chapter of my upcoming
book tentatively titled, “Spark: The Power to Become Big is Within You!” You
may share your thoughts about this book on social media channels including
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+.

“Give me a lever long enough and a
fulcrum on which to place it and I shall move the world.” — Archimedes

Welcome to Spark: The Power to Become Big is Within You! Basically I author
books on executive education, coaching and leadership. But this book on
self-help is to help you find out what makes people succeed. During many years
of experience as an educator, trainer, speaker and researcher, I helped many
people unlock their potential and achieve greatness in their lives. In my
leadership development training programs, several senior leaders often asked me
the following question: What makes some individuals to excel as extraordinary
achievers? In fact, there are some unique habits, principles and practices that
convert ordinary individuals into extraordinary achievers. Since I am on a
sabbatical currently, I decided to author a book to help people identify those
habits and practices to achieve greatness in their lives. Additionally, my role
throughout my life has been to inspire people to excel as extraordinary
achievers and leaders in their lives.

I am mostly self-taught because I
don’t have any mentor or guru. During my 35 years of diversified experience that
includes military, teaching, training, research and consultancy, I read
thousands of books and inspired many people in the world with my physical
interaction, books and articles on social media.

What Makes Some People Stand Out?

Do you know
what makes some people stand out from others? Do you know what habits are
essential to achieve greatness in your life? Do you know why some leaders stand
taller beyond their lifetimes? The answer to all these questions is that they
possess some unique habits and adopt unconventional approaches and
practices. In fact, there is a pattern
of unique practices and habits that convert ordinary individuals into
extraordinary individuals and extraordinary individuals into inspiring
individuals. When you understand and apply them effectively you can unlock your
hidden potential to achieve greatness in your life.

Extraordinary
people are ordinary people with extraordinary attitude and habits. They do
things with different approach and attitude. They don’t let events control
them. Instead, they control the events and take things forward. They don’t
blame circumstances. Instead, they work with what they have with a positive
attitude. They make things fall into place. Succinctly, they make things happen
and excel as extraordinary achievers.

Ignite Your Spark

We all have
spark within us but we seldom understand how to ignite it. When we know how to
ignite our spark, we will be able to unlock our hidden potential and achieve extraordinary
success. Here are 21 habits, practices and tools to ignite your spark and
unleash the leader in you:

Acquire Self-Awareness

Discover Your Biological Clock

Be an Early Riser

Exercise Every Day

Acquire Internal Locus of Control

Visualize Effectively

Equip with Affirmations

Use Your Internal Dialogue
Effectively

Strengthen Your Subconscious Mind

Journal Regularly

Read Avidly

Improve Your Memory

Improve Your Concentration

Practice Yoga Daily

Perform Underwater Meditation

Practice for 21 Days

Cultivate Mindfulness

Acquire Emotional Intelligence

Take Feedback

Be Persistent

Learn, Unlearn and Relearn

Treat these 21
tools as 21 bricks of your brand. Cement these bricks to build an everlasting
leadership brand by practicing regularly to fast-track your career and provide
meaning to your life. Malcolm Gladwell
emphasizes that the key to high levels of success in any field is practicing a
specific task for a total of about 10,000 hours. Hence, invest your precious
time on your passionate areas for 10,000 hours to become a successful
professional and leader.

Help locate the
fish. Show the opportunities as most people grope in darkness. Help people
discover their talents and ask them to build skills around their talents.
Inspire them to unlock their potential.

Conclusion

A study by Dr.
John Hagelin shows that we are using at most 5% of the potential of the human
mind. 100% human potential is the result of proper education. So imagine a
world where people are using their full mental and emotional potential. To
conclude, human mind is very powerful and you must know how to channel it
effectively. By acquiring these habits and adopting time tested tools and
techniques you can unleash your hidden power to achieve greatness in your life.

This is a nonprofit blog to share
Professor M.S.Rao’s passion and vision to build one million students as global
leaders by 2030. Please don't cut articles from my blog and redistribute by
email or post to the web. The use of this material is free provided copyright
is acknowledged and reference or link is made to the Blog http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in. This material may not be sold, or published
in any form, or used in the provision of business services to a third party
without permission.

Wednesday, 25 May 2016

“The best CEOs I know are teachers,
and at the core of what they teach is strategy.” ― Michael Porter

There are some CEOs who are passionate
about building next generation of leaders. They walked their talk and shared
their knowledge through teaching and training programs to their employees. The
list of such CEOs includes Jack Welch of General Electric, Roger A. Enrico and
Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo. Roger Enrico became a leadership educator after leaving
as CEO. It is obvious that leaders build leaders, not followers.Similarly, there are some military officers
who became successful CEOs. It shows the significance of military training to
become successful leaders and CEOs.

When CEOs are directly involved in
training and grooming their employees as leaders, the employees become more
engaged and loyal to their organizations. It also conveys a strong message to
the senior management that the organization is committed to developing its
employees as leaders. The brand image of the company goes north direction.
Hence, CEOs must involve in leadership development training programs directly
as it indicates company’s commitment to learning and development.Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric
(GE) walked his talk. He had a vision and was passionate about sharing his
knowledge and building leaders. Hence, CEOs must demonstrate their vision, passion
and commitment to leadership development training programs.

Advantages
of Leadership Development Training Programs

There are several advantages
associated with leadership development training programs. They update the
knowledge, skills and abilities of employees. They enhance employees’ performance
and productivity to achieve organizational excellence and effectiveness. They
improve the image and brand of the organizations. They keep the leadership
pipeline ready to enable the second rung of leaders to be ready to take over
senior leadership positions in case of any eventuality.

CEOs
with Military Background

When you observe CEOs such as Alex
Gorsky of Johnson & Johnson; Robert A. McDonaldof Proctor and Gamble; Robert Myers of
Casey’s General Store; James A. Skinner of Walgreens; Herb Vest of H.D. Vest;
Richard Kinder of Kinder Morgan; Ken Hicks of FootLocker; Sumner Redstone of
Viacom; Daniel Akerson of General Motors; Clayton M. Jones of Rockwell
Collins;Tom Dent of Lumetra; Lowell
McAdam of Verizon;James Mulva of
ConocoPhillips; Robert J. Stevens of Lockheed Martin; Frederick W. Smith of
FedEx, it is obvious that they all came from military background.

Does
Military Training Make Better Leaders?

The military training equips soldiers
with several qualities such as leadership, emotional intelligence, team
building, communication skills, confidence, adaptability and fraternity. Since
the soldiers work on under grueling conditions, they excel as strong leaders. In
fact, testing times make them as tough leaders. They are filled with energy and
enthusiasm with a heart to serve others. They are strategic thinkers,
trustworthy, risk takers, learn lessons from failures, and motivate others
where there is no light at the end of the tunnel. They are highly focused
hitting the bull’s eye. However, military leaders must develop flexibility to
adjust with civilians. They are straightforward and often lack tact and
diplomacy.

Although we cannot conclude that the
CEOs with military background alone will succeed, the fact is that the military
background is definitely an asset. Hence,
success rate of leaders and CEOs with military background is higher basically
because they build trust in others and stick to their commitments. Additionally,
their confidence and communication help them stand out from others.

Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, founding
chairman and CEO emeritus for Qualcomm once remarked, “A great leader must lead
by example, not by fiat. He or she must set an example of integrity, of
openness to new ideas, of understanding details as well as the larger picture,
of communicating well, and of not shooting the messenger when a problem arises
but helping find a solution.” Most of the military leaders possess these
qualities thus becoming successful leaders and CEOs.

“Where visionaries can be good at
persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend
organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.” ― Bob
Metcalfe

This is a nonprofit blog to share
Professor M.S.Rao’s passion and vision to build one million students as global
leaders by 2030. Please don't cut articles from my blog and redistribute by
email or post to the web. The use of this material is free provided copyright
is acknowledged and reference or link is made to the Blog http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in.This material may not be sold, or published
in any form, or used in the provision of business services to a third party
without permission.